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2004

	Olympic.cz
		At its meeting on 28 January 2004, the Executive Committee of the Czech NOC approved the candidacy of Jan ZELEZNY for the IOC Athletes´ Commission.
		Jan ZELEZNY had already been active in the IOC´s Commission yet in the year 2001 he gave up his membership due to his sports career.
		Jan ZELEZNY was first elected to the IOC Athletes’ Commission in 1996 and was coopted as an IOC member in1999.
	www.olympic.cz /prnt_preview.php?clanek=4833&jazyk=en (117 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		Jan Zelezny entered the 1988 Olympics as the world record holder in the javelin throw.
		At 77kg, Zelezny was the lightest of the javelin competitors at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
		Zelezny is the only javelin thrower in Olympic history to win three gold medals and four total medals.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=61062 (198 words)

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		Jan Zelezny during the final of the men's javelin in Sydney.
		Javelin great Jan Zelezny picked up his third Olympic title in Sydney, and can count a trio of world titles and the world record to his impressive list of honours during a fabulous career.
		After collecting a series of medals and titles, Zelezny reached the pinnacle of success on May 25 1996 in Germany, when he took the world record to an astounding 98.48m, a distance which incessantly provides amazement for his adversaries.
	abc.net.au /olympics/2004/profiles/janzelezny.htm (532 words)

	World-Track:: Zelezny plans to retire at the end of the season
		Zelezny, 39, holds the world record at 98.48m, and said it was not a difficult decision, seeing that the years are slowly creeping up on him.
		Zelezny, who won consecutive titles at the Olympic Games in Barcelona (92), Atlanta (96) and Sydney (2000) as well as taking world titles at Stuttgart in 1993 and Edmonton, Canada, in 2001, plans to wind up a career that has spanned two decades after August's European Championships in Gothenburg.
		Zelezny, who missed last season's 10th IAAF World Championships, because of an Achilles tendon problem, plans to continue to work for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as well as assisting young athletes at a local club in Prague.
	www.world-track.org /KIND0006/WI06/zeleznytoretire.htm (288 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - Athens Olympic Games 2004 - News
		Athens, Greece — Jan Zelezny, the World record holder in the men’s Javelin is unquestionably the greatest spearman of all-time.
		Zelezny, who had also entered the previous year’s World Championships in Rome as World record holder and had been headed for gold (finished with bronze) by another Finn Seppo Räty (who was to take the Olympic bronze in 1988) soon came up with the expression, “the Finnish Mafia problem” after Seoul.
		Zelezny’s expression also recognized the reality that at the start of his career he was competing in the second golden age of Finnish Javelin throwing.
	www.iaaf.org /OLY04/news/Kind=2/newsId=27157.html (1267 words)

	YouTube - Jan Zelezny sets a new WR at 98.48 m in Jena, Germany
		YouTube - Jan Zelezny sets a new WR at 98.48 m in Jena, Germany
		Jan Zelezny sets a new WR at 98.48 m in Jena, Germany
		Jan Železný is the best javelin-thrower in the history.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=V6P9WbTPeLA (322 words)

	rediff.com: Zelezny rockets into history
		Czech Jan Zelezny defied the advancing years as he won an unprecedented third successive Olympic javelin gold on Saturday to carve his name into the history books.
		The 34-year-old Zelezny, world champion in 1993 and 1995 and the current world-record holder, is the first competitor, either man or woman, to win three Olympic javelin golds.
		Zelezny had been expected to retire after he missed the 1998 season with a serious injury but, against all the odds, made a successful comeback last year by winning a bronze in the world championships.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2000/sep/23jave.htm (334 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Czech star might now give it up
		Zelezny, who set the Olympic mark of 294-2 (89.66 meters) at Barcelona in 1992, shattered it with his third throw of the night to overtake the early leader in the event, Steve Backley of Britain.
		Zelezny, who once had a tryout as a pitcher with the Atlanta Braves, set the world record in the event with a throw of 323-1 (98.48 meters) in 1996.
		Zelezny was asked if he would come back and try for a fourth gold medal in 2004, when he will be 38 years old.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0923/770671.html (326 words)

	Masters Track News and Muse: Zelezny throws with the younger boys, ups masters record
		Jan Zelezny upped his own M40 world age-group record in the javelin to 85.92 (281-11) in taking third today at the European Athletics Championships in Sweden.
		Jan Zelezny and Merlene Ottey don't necessarily want to live for ever but you suspect they would like to go on doing what they do best - throwing an 800 gram spear into the next parish and running like the wind - until their maker calls.
		After his evening out, Zelezny has finally seen sense and last night was positively his last Championship appearance after a swansong summer that included his last ever meeting in Czechoslovakia when he invited the crowd of 8,000 to stay behind for a beer at his expense.
	masterstrack.com /blog/archives/000949.html (879 words)

	Olympic javelin champ Zelezny retiring - Boston.com
		Zelezny's final competition will be Sept. 24 in Yokohama, Japan, Alfons Juck said.
		Czech Republic's Jan Zelezny attempts during the Men's Javelin Throw at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, southern Germany, Sunday, Sept 10, 2006.
		Zelezny set the world record of 323 feet, 1 inch on May 25, 1996, in Jena, Germany.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/09/14/olympic_javelin_champ_zelezny_retiring (223 words)

	Zelezny, in Javelin, Wins Consecutive Olympic Gold Medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		TLANTA -- Jan Zelezny showed on Saturday night that his arm is unique, becoming the first man in 72 years to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the javelin.
		Zelezny launched a throw of 289 feet 3 inches on his second of six attempts, more than a meter better than all but one of his other competitors.
		Zelezny's throw was far inferior to his world record of 323 feet 1 inch earlier this year, but it still made him the first to defend his javelin title since Jonny Myyra of Finland won titles in 1920 and 1924.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/olympics/0804/oly-javelin.html (440 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today Zelezny chases more Olympic glory
		Czech javelin throw legend Jan Zelezny is using Friday's Qatar Athletics Super Grand Prix to kickstart his quest for a fourth straight Olympics gold medal later this year.
		Zelezny, also a two-time world champion, will be taking part in only two other competitions — in Ostrava and Zurich — before bidding to become only the second field athlete to win four gold medals on the trot in Athens this August.
		Zelezny, who holds the world record of 98.48 metres, is on course to emulate American discus throw legend Al Oerter, who has won four consecutive Olympic gold medals, although the Czech star also has a silver medal against his name, won at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/322400.htm (630 words)

	Masters News and Muse: Zelezny makes final throw of his illustrious jav career
		Zelezny, who was speaking on the sidelines of an athletics exhibition event held in his honour in his birthplace of Mlada Boleslav, said he always wanted to bring down the curtain on his stellar career at home.
		Zelezny had an extraordinary careeer winning 148 of the 246 events hew competed in and collected his last major medal (he won 11 in all) with bronze in the European championships - a title he never surprisingly won.
		A member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Zelezny is set to devote the rest of his career to coaching and is undertaking a training course in Prague.
	masterstrack.com /blog/001017.html (609 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Born into a family of javelin throwers and inheriting a surname which means "iron" in his native Czech, Jan Zelezny began as a child by throwing wooden javelins carved from tree branches.
		Standing 1.86 meters tall and weighing just 77 kilograms, Zelezny is much slighter than his fellow competitors, in a sport where physical bulk has been traditionally viewed as a prerequisite for success.
		But Zelezny, being the exceptional athlete that he is, continues to prove that speed and technique, as well as iron-like determination are more than equal matches to simple mass.
	www.rferl.org /specials/olympics/1996/F.SPORT.96071517594615.asp (551 words)

	Jan Železný Beschreibung in Library - Definition und Buch-Tipp.
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		Jan Železný (* 16.06 1966 in Mladá Boleslav) ist ein tschechischer Leichtathlet, der als Speerwerfer auf eine außergewöhnlich lange und erfolgreiche Karriere zurückblicken kann.
	jan_zelezny.know-library.net (609 words)

	College Tennis Online: NCAA results, ITA collegiate tennis rankings, and college tennis news
		Sophomores Jan Zelezny and Geoffrey Chizever bid to reach the finals in their respective flights fell short Saturday losing in the semifinals on the second day of the Denver Invitational, a three-day tournament featuring players from 10 schools across the country.
		Zelezny defeated Nick Couts of Utah in a tough 7-6, 7-6 in Saturday’s Flight A quarterfinals, however fell to Denver’s Adam Holmstrom, the No. 44 nationally ranked player in the semifinals, 6-4, 6-4.
		The victory was short-lived as Zelezny and Dvorak fell in the quarters to Utah’s Nick Coutts/Jason Yap, 8-4.
	www.collegetennisonline.com /view/news.aspx?nwId=20338 (366 words)

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		Jan Zelezny during the final of the men's javelin in Sydney.
		His triumph in Catalonia was perhaps one of the most important in a long line of victories registered between 1991 and 2000: 98 in 125 competitions for the man who, on the field, has become practically untouchable.
		Tired from the rigours of competition, Zelezny had trouble finding his Olympic form, and a right shoulder injury sustained during training in April 1998 only complicated matters.
	www.abc.com.au /olympics/2004/profiles/janzelezny.htm (532 words)

	Javelin legend Jan Zelezny, 40, wins medal in dream farewell in Gothenburg - 10-08-2006 - Radio Prague
		Jan Zelezny is widely believed to be the greatest athlete to have ever thrown the javelin.
		Both of Jan Zelezny's parents, Jaroslav and Jana, threw the javelin, though his first sport was handball.
		Zelezny is now expected to concentrate on coaching and his work as a member of the International Olympic Committee.
	www.radio.cz /en/article/81999 (798 words)

	Jan Hus - All Empires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Jan Hus was born in either 1369 or 1373.
		Jan of Chlum continued to lobby the emperor for Hus’s cause, and succeeded in one regard – that Hus would not be condemned untried.
		The bishop sent by the council to “extirpate the heresy”, Jan Zelezny of Litomysl, known as the “Iron Bishop” for his unceasing opposition to Hus and the Hussites, was quite powerless to enforce the dictates of the council on Bohemia.
	www.allempires.com /article/index.php?q=jan_hus (3513 words)

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		Zelezny was as mystified as anyone by his poor form but was not prepared to blame the weather - "I don't know why I was so technically bad today I just can't understand it.
		While he beat Zelezny in Kuortane (90.97m to 87.80m) the great Czech had the Finn's measure when it mattered most, surpassing Parviainen's 90m season tally with four competitions of his own over that mark, including the 90.17m with which he won the Sydney Olympic final.
		As such Zelezny will be competing regularly in the "home of the javelin" - the Asics Helsinki Grand Prix, 14th June (IAAF GP11), Kuortane 17th June and the Javelin Carnival Festival on 1st July - prior to the Edmonton World Championships.
	home.clara.net /nurmi/goldenjav2001.txt (536 words)

	World-Track:: Zelezny ruled the world for 20 years
		During an international career spanning 20 years Jan Zelezny consistently out-performed the best javelin throwers in the world while collecting an unprecedented haul of Olympic and world titles.
		Zelezny, whose father Jaroslav and mother Jana were both javelin throwers, first competed at handball before turning to the javelin which he threw 44.44 metres at the age of 13.
		Zelezny, who was one of the first group of 10 active athletes to be elected to the International Olympic Committee in 1999, confirmed he was the greatest javelin thrower of all time when he edged Backley to win his third Olympic gold at the 2000 Sydney Games with a record throw.
	world-track.org /KIND0006/zelezny=careerretire.htm (363 words)

	BBC SPORT \| ATHLETICS \| Zelezny: Athens is a possibility
		Both Zelezny and Backley are in their 30s but the Czech is not ruling out another shot at Olympic gold in Athens in 2004.
		The 100m throw has eluded Zelezny, but he said if the time and mood was right then it would be possible.
		Zelezny will be working with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as his career winds down and also said that it was important for him to help his community in the Czech Republic.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/athletics/1120120.stm (456 words)

	Seurakunnan Tiedotuskeskus
		WORLD record holder Jan Zelezny produced one of the longest throws ever seen to take the gold medal in a simply thrilling javelin competition.
		Zelezny managed just 81.76m in the first round but, like a true champion, recorded his winning throw of 92.80, a championship record, within minutes if Parviainen's mammoth effort.
		Zelezny was delighted with his performance and believes, like a fine wine, he is getting better with age.
	groups.msn.com /SeurakunnanTiedotuskeskus/finlandinthenews.msnw?action=get_message&mview=1&ID_Message=120&pgmarket=fi-fi (323 words)

	Sports Features Communications - Press Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Jan Zelezny (CZE), the three-time World and Olympic Javelin champion, have donated historically significant items of memorabilia for the auction which begins Monday 16 January at 9am CET (8am GMT).
		Jan Zelezny has donated a Javelin to be auctioned.
		Zelezny was honoured as the World Athlete of the Year in 2000 and elected to the IOC Athletes’ Commission in
	www.sportsfeatures.com /PressPoint/show.php?id=28344 (361 words)

	Jan Zelezny - Specialy - Ostatni sporty - Sportplus - Aktualne.cz
		Jan Zelezny - Specialy - Ostatni sporty - Sportplus - Aktualne.cz
		Ostep na MS jsem moc neprozival, rika Zelezny
		Sport – Jan Zelezny bude vybirat s ohledem na sportovce
	aktualne.centrum.cz /sport/jan-zelezny (195 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
		After the competition he felt a lot of pain in his Achilles and was forced to cancel his participation in the Yokohama meeting in Japan which was supposed to be have been his last.
		Appropriately, on hand in the stadium to witness Zelezny's retirement was Dana Zatopkova, the 1952 women's Olympic Javelin champion, wife of course of the late Emil Zatopek, the triple Olympic distance running champion from those Helsinki Olympics.
		Zelezny will continue as coach at his Dukla Praha club, as an official (IOC Member), even as an ambassador (Golden Spike meeting of Ostrava), and with many other activities and projects with which he wants to remain in sports.
	www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=36352.html (731 words)

	Olympic javelin champion Zelezny to retire next week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Zelezny's final competition will be at a meet in Yokohama, Sep 24, Juck said Thursday.
		Zelezny won the Olympic gold in 1992, 1996 and 2000.
		Zelezny set the world record with a throw of 98.48 metres on May 25, 1996, in Jena, Germany.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Sports/20060915/451684.html (147 words)

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